Population in Lesotho compared to Mozambique: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Lesotho and Mozambique: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Lesotho	Mozambique	Lesotho	Mozambique
1960	736,500	6,713,695	-	-
1961	758,824	6,834,936	3.03%	1.81%
1962	781,814	6,969,364	3.03%	1.97%
1963	805,373	7,109,828	3.01%	2.02%
1964	829,437	7,255,061	2.99%	2.04%
1965	854,090	7,406,421	2.97%	2.09%
1966	881,870	7,562,990	3.25%	2.11%
1967	913,982	7,724,550	3.64%	2.14%
1968	948,105	7,892,613	3.73%	2.18%
1969	983,202	8,066,951	3.7%	2.21%
1970	1,019,273	8,250,506	3.67%	2.28%
1971	1,056,246	8,456,317	3.63%	2.49%
1972	1,094,063	8,692,935	3.58%	2.8%
1973	1,132,697	8,954,242	3.53%	3.01%
1974	1,172,420	9,236,093	3.51%	3.15%
1975	1,213,643	9,540,817	3.52%	3.3%
1976	1,253,214	9,867,209	3.26%	3.42%
1977	1,289,967	10,224,975	2.93%	3.63%
1978	1,327,240	10,618,250	2.89%	3.85%
1979	1,366,169	11,028,809	2.93%	3.87%
1980	1,406,521	11,336,221	2.95%	2.79%
1981	1,448,069	11,568,127	2.95%	2.05%
1982	1,490,732	11,824,370	2.95%	2.22%
1983	1,534,413	12,073,822	2.93%	2.11%
1984	1,578,986	12,315,954	2.9%	2.01%
1985	1,624,379	12,548,949	2.87%	1.89%
1986	1,666,138	12,770,578	2.57%	1.77%
1987	1,703,390	12,822,574	2.24%	0.41%
1988	1,739,841	12,800,558	2.14%	-0.17%
1989	1,775,436	12,906,842	2.05%	0.83%
1990	1,809,696	13,094,537	1.93%	1.45%
1991	1,842,379	13,352,090	1.81%	1.97%
1992	1,873,274	13,613,316	1.68%	1.96%
1993	1,901,793	14,051,192	1.52%	3.22%
1994	1,927,707	15,033,853	1.36%	6.99%
1995	1,951,437	15,960,530	1.23%	6.16%
1996	1,972,418	16,492,480	1.08%	3.33%
1997	1,988,130	16,949,982	0.8%	2.77%
1998	1,998,049	17,340,464	0.5%	2.3%
1999	2,003,234	17,734,506	0.26%	2.27%
2000	2,003,913	18,129,653	0.03%	2.23%
2001	2,000,853	18,537,729	-0.15%	2.25%
2002	1,994,679	18,958,338	-0.31%	2.27%
2003	1,985,059	19,392,475	-0.48%	2.29%
2004	1,971,129	19,840,313	-0.7%	2.31%
2005	1,953,076	20,304,569	-0.92%	2.34%
2006	1,945,063	20,787,087	-0.41%	2.38%
2007	1,953,268	21,287,635	0.42%	2.41%
2008	1,966,541	21,819,036	0.68%	2.5%
2009	1,980,883	22,391,745	0.73%	2.62%
2010	1,996,251	22,999,235	0.78%	2.71%
2011	2,014,009	23,649,039	0.89%	2.83%
2012	2,034,354	24,337,846	1.01%	2.91%
2013	2,056,504	25,051,611	1.09%	2.93%
2014	2,080,089	25,788,475	1.15%	2.94%
2015	2,104,611	26,547,572	1.18%	2.94%
2016	2,130,422	27,337,105	1.23%	2.97%
2017	2,157,110	28,166,393	1.25%	3.03%
2018	2,183,603	29,018,644	1.23%	3.03%
2019	2,209,405	29,884,380	1.18%	2.98%
2020	2,235,727	30,783,688	1.19%	3.01%
2021	2,261,542	31,707,800	1.15%	3%
2022	2,286,110	32,656,246	1.09%	2.99%
2023	2,311,472	33,635,160	1.11%	3%
2024	2,337,423	34,631,766	1.12%	2.96%
2025	2,363,324	35,631,656	1.11%	2.89%
2026	2,389,334	36,639,853	1.1%	2.83%
2027	2,415,365	37,668,656	1.09%	2.81%
2028	2,441,435	38,714,097	1.08%	2.78%
2029	2,467,677	39,774,947	1.07%	2.74%
2030	2,493,816	40,846,749	1.06%	2.69%
2031	2,520,014	41,931,250	1.05%	2.66%
2032	2,546,489	43,032,887	1.05%	2.63%
2033	2,573,106	44,144,533	1.05%	2.58%
2034	2,599,777	45,273,522	1.04%	2.56%
2035	2,626,560	46,411,774	1.03%	2.51%
2036	2,653,503	47,548,671	1.03%	2.45%
2037	2,680,081	48,684,563	1%	2.39%
2038	2,706,197	49,822,039	0.97%	2.34%
2039	2,732,138	50,971,124	0.96%	2.31%
2040	2,757,868	52,124,215	0.94%	2.26%
2041	2,783,361	53,271,004	0.92%	2.2%
2042	2,808,538	54,423,407	0.9%	2.16%
2043	2,833,257	55,574,711	0.88%	2.12%
2044	2,857,499	56,716,585	0.86%	2.05%
2045	2,881,333	57,851,787	0.83%	2%
2046	2,904,780	58,981,102	0.81%	1.95%
2047	2,927,859	60,117,587	0.79%	1.93%
2048	2,950,411	61,254,584	0.77%	1.89%
2049	2,972,156	62,397,018	0.74%	1.87%
2050	2,993,080	63,530,955	0.7%	1.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Lesotho increased by 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Lesotho gained 279,606 (a 13.3% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth).

Lesotho was ranked 144th most populous country in 2005 and is still 144th in 2025. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2005 and ranked 43rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Lesotho's population will grow by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people with a rank change from 144th to 141st. The population of Mozambique will increase by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.